Women found to have had an abortion face between two and eight years' imprisonment, but this can rise to up to 40 years if they are found guilty of aggravated homicide. Dozens of women have been given jail sentences for the deaths of their foetuses in cases where they said they had suffered miscarriages or stillbirths.

"I am happy, happy to recover my freedom, happy for everything that I've been waiting for for a long time," Cinthia Rodríguez told reporters outside the prison.

They were informed of the court's decision to commute their sentences in a letter from the country's deputy justice and security minister on the eve of International Women's Day.

According to a local activist group, the ACDATEE, the court found that the women were serving "disproportionate and immoral" sentences and that their families had been negatively impacted by their imprisonment.

Campaigners say at least 30 women jailed for abortions under the country's strict abortion laws have been freed following retrials and reviews in the past 10 years, but around 20 women remain in prison.

Media captionTwenty-year-old Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz was released from prison in February

Last month, 20-year-old Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz was released from prison after the court ordered a retrial. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison after giving birth to a still-born baby in a toilet.

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